Lotte Ingrisch


Lotte Ingrisch, daughter of Emma and Karl Gruber, is an Austrian author and playwright.
From 1949 to 1965, the author was married to the Austrian philosopher Hugo Ingrisch. In 1966, she married Austrian composer Gottfried von Einem, for whom she wrote a number of libretti.
During the fifties and sixties, Lotte Ingrisch published some novels under the nom de plume "Tessa Tüvari". From the seventies onward, she became a renowned playwright and wrote libretti for her husband's operas. A good part of her work has been translated into English, Spanish and other world languages, as shown by worldCat

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